Motherboards #1

 

Choose 3 different motherboards.
For each of the motherboards find the following information:


Be sure to indicate things such as speed, how many, size, etc.
Not all motherboards will have all the features.

  1. Motherboard product name/make
  2. A picture/diagram Motherboard and back panel
  3. Form factor
  4. Power Consumption (TDP)
  5. Memory type
  6. # Memory slots
  7. Maximum Memory GB
  8. Bus speed & Type
  9. Expansion Slots & types (e.g. PCI, PCIx, AGP)
  10. Chipset
  11. Processor socket/slot
  12. Processor Types
  13. Back Panel connectors types/speed
    (e.g. VGA, DVI, HDMI, Audio, Lan, USB,Firewire (IEEE 1394)
  14. Other special connectors on motherboard
    (e.g. SATA, Floppy drive, USB)
  15. RoHS
  16. Price in Canadian $
  17. Other features

    You may wish to refer to these sites

    http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/Category/category_tlc.asp?CatId=13

    http://www.newegg.ca/Motherboards/Category/ID-20

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motherboard

    http://stason.org/TULARC/pc/motherboards

     

    The motherboard manufactures websites

    ABIT - »www.abit-usa.com
    AOPEN - »usa.aopen.com/
    ASUS - »usa.asus.com/index.htm
    BIOSTAR - »www.biostar-usa.com
    CHAINTECH - »www.chaintechusa.com/
    DFI - »sj.dfi.com.tw
    ECS - »www.ecsusa.com
    EPOX - »web.epox.com/html/default.asp
    FIC - »www.fica.com/
    GIGABYTE - »www.giga-byte.com/
    INTEL - »www.intel.com/products/index.htm···roducts&
    MSI - »www.msicomputer.com
    SHUTTLE - »us.shuttle.com/
    SOLTEK - »www.soltekusa.com/main/
    SOYO - »www.soyousa.com/
    TYAN - »www.tyan.com/index.html